Online survey Employment and Health promotion

Issued on behalf of Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities

27 July 2010

The role supported employment plays in health promotion for people with learning disabilities

Elisa Vigna and Dr. Stephen Beyer (Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities, School of Medicine, Cardiff University) invite your agency to take part in a research study on the health and well-being promotion activities of supported employment agencies for people with learning disabilities. Government policy on disability and employment is increasingly underpinned by the health benefits that people can get through having a job. However, there is relatively little research on the impact of employment on the health of people with learning disabilities or on the role supported employment can play in helping people to be healthier through the way they deliver services. The Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities is working to better understand and evidence that contribution. Can you help us?

We invite you to fill out the online survey "Employment and Health promotion" which is being distributed to Supported Employment agencies across the UK. The survey will be open until the 10th September.

The web survey consists of 34 questions in 6 main sections and is mainly "tick the box." We estimate that it will take around 20 minutes to complete. You can save the form and come back to it again. You can find more information about the study on the first page of the survey. Please, take some time to read it.

To access the survey, please use the following link, or copy and paste it into your web browser:

https://www.surveys.cardiff.ac.uk/healthprom

The study is being distributed to you through the UK industry representative bodies: British Association of Supported Employment; Scottish Union of Supported Employment; Association of Supported Employment Agencies (Wales); and the Northern Ireland Union of Supported Employment. There we will be feedback on national results to these bodies

If you require further information on this survey, or the wider study, please do not hesitate to contact Elisa Vigna or Stephen Beyer at the Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities:

Email: vignae@cf.ac.uk

Office: 029 20687204

Address:

Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities

Cardiff University

Neuadd Meirionnydd

Heath Park,

Cardiff,

CF14 4YS